Communism Quote by David Oshinsky

“Of the things I had not known when I started out, I think the most important was the degree to which the legacy of…

— David Halberstam

McCarthyism and Trumpism are very different. They stand for very different things, but the technique of the big lie, smearing and telling lies, you…

— Jake Tapper

Eisenhower admitted that the budget can't be balanced and McCarthy said the communists are taking over. You don't know what to worry about these…

— Bob Hope

[John] McCarthy's regime was ended by Senators who realized that he had gone too far. What we have now may be more insidious.

— Nat Hentoff

The portrayal of Senator Joe McCarthy as a wild-eyed demagogue destroying innocent lives is sheer liberal hobgoblinism. Liberals weren't cowering in fear during the…

— Ann Coulter

Senator McCarthy's reckless and unfounded attempt to impugn my loyalty is just one more example of his typical tactic of attempting to tie up…

— Edward R. Murrow

“They had forced Obama to play their budget game. Instead of talking about jobs and spending, he was talking about the deficit and bargaining…

— Jane Mayer

McCarthy generally, as an individual, was a liberal. He was, in economic philosophy and a lot of other things, extremely liberal.

— Roy Cohn

It is in fact no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder that…

— Whittaker Chambers

And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what…

— Milos Forman

McCarthy had ten years in the House of Representatives, only two terms as a senator. What did he pass? Are there any bills or…

— Robert Dallek

The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.

— Emanuel Celler